We have had some busier weeks the last few weeks. We have had 2 girls leave. 1 girl come. The boys have had 1 boy leave; 1 boy come. We are getting use to the ants everywhere and trying to mop and sweep our tile floors weekly at best. We do our laundry at the bottom of the hill and right now have decided a suitcase is best suited for the path up and down the hill with the laundry. We have been working a lot, as Josh is filling in for a full-time staff member. We are doing well for now but full weekends can wear us out quickly. Josh and I have been enjoying the river with some of our friends during the day when the students are at school or doing other activities. We had a fun adventure yesterday as we traveled to Monte Cristi. It is about 3-4 hours away from campus. It was a long day but a lot of fun. It is more desert like on that part of the North coast. We started the day by looking for artifacts and people were excited to find pottery and small conch shells. Some of the students and staff were also on the hunt for tarantulas and found them. After the artifact digging, we went to look for coins but everyone was starting to get pretty hot so we just ate lunch at this site. About 1 o'clock we headed to the beach! This was the most beautiful beach I had ever seen. There were no other people and it was enclosed on both sides with very large cliffs. Apparently there is a great deal of history tied to this town but I kind of forget most of that part. The waves were perfect. Large enough to hit you with some good force and drive the boggy boards hard into the shore, but a person could easily clear the waves and enjoy floating and swimming in the blue waters.